gfal-cat - concatenate a file and print on the standard output
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Description
gfal-cat Concatenate file to standard output. It simply opens the specified file and prints all its
contents to stdout.
Examples
gfal-cat
srm://endpoint.cern.ch/path/file
Files
/etc/gfal2.d/*
All configuration files in this directory affect the behavior of the underlying gfal2.
Name
gfal-cat - concatenate a file and print on the standard output
Options
-h,--help
show help about the command.
-V,--version
output version information and exit.
-v,--verbose
verbose mode. Repeat up to 3 times for the most verbose mode.
-D,--definitionDEFINITION
define properties for gfal2. Definitions have the following syntax: "CONFIG_GROUP:KEY=VALUE"
-t,--timeoutTIMEOUT
global timeout for the execution of the command. Command is interrupted if time expires before it
finishes. Note: A grace period of 30 seconds is given to the global timeout.
-E,--certCERT
user certificate. (This option takes effect only after X509_USER_PROXY environment variable and
default /tmp/x509up_u`id -u` location cannot provide a certificate)
--keyKEY
user private key.
-4 forces Gfal2 to use IPv4 addresses only. (Option valid only for GridFTP protocol)
-6 forces Gfal2 to use IPv6 addresses only. (Option valid only for GridFTP protocol)
-C,--client-infoCLIENT_INFO
provide custom client-side information.
--log-fileLOG_FILE
write Gfal2 library logs to the given file location.
-b,--bytes
handle file contents as bytes. (only in Python3)
See Also
gfal-cat(1), gfal-chmod(1), gfal-copy(1), gfal-ls(1), gfal-mkdir(1), gfal-rename(1), gfal-rm(1), gfal-save(1), gfal-stat(1), gfal-sum(1), gfal-token(1), gfal-xattr(1), gfal-evict(1), gfal-bringonline(1), gfal-archivepoll(1) v1.7.1 March 2022 GFAL-CAT(1)
Synopsis
gfal-cat [ OPTION ]... FILE
